The case is in good order, as is the disc, and the information insert has no markings, highlighting and/or colouring, and there are no rips or tears.Claude Vivier was born in Montreal, Canada. After studying composition there with Gilles Tremblay, he left for Europe. He looks on his work for seven females voices entitle Chants (which he composed in 1973 during his two-year study period with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne) as the actual beginning of his career as a composer. Throughout his oeuvre, he has shown a preference for the human voice. He developed his own language of song consisting of series of syllables; he composed these both for their quality of sound and for their various associations, plucking them from different languages such as Dutch, Italian and Balinese. Label: Philips ‎– 454 231-2, Philips Digital Classics ‎– 454 231-2Format: CD, AlbumCountry: EuropeReleased: 1996Genre: ClassicalStyle: Contemporary